Depends how 'general' this public is. Lee has had a ton of media coverage and two series of his own show recently, with his name in the title, on a main channel, so chances are he's reasonably well known to a lot of people. Basically, more than just 'other comedians' will have heard of him.

And anyone reading a blog dedicated to comedy will almost certainly know.

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29th February 2012, 10:41 PM GMT

Quote: Matthew Stott @ February 29 2012, 10:36 PM GMT

Depends how 'general' this public is. Lee has had a ton of media coverage and two series of his own show recently, with his name in the title, on a main channel, so chances are he's reasonably well known to a lot of people. Basically, more than just 'other comedians' will have heard of him.

And anyone reading a blog dedicated to comedy will almost certainly know.

I wouldn't put anyone there on a list of unknown comedians, simply because to me, anyone that has appeared on TV isn't really properly unknown.

The sort of people that read your blog looking for unknown comedians won't be interested in reading an article on someone that has just won two British comedy awards (Stewart Lee), released 4 DVDs and 6 CDs (Doug Stanhope), has his own radio show (Andrew Lawrence), and the rest either have large cult followings (Daniel Kitson and Jerry Sadowitz) or those that have at least a few TV appearances under their belt.

If you're doing an unknown comedians thing, do it right. An article on any of the above as "unknown comedians" would just put me off reading it really.

I wouldn't put anyone there on a list of unknown comedians, simply because to me, anyone that has appeared on TV isn't really properly unknown.

The sort of people that read your blog looking for unknown comedians won't be interested in reading an article on someone that has just won two British comedy awards (Stewart Lee), released 4 DVDs and 6 CDs (Doug Stanhope), has his own radio show (Andrew Lawrence), and the rest either have large cult followings (Daniel Kitson and Jerry Sadowitz) or those that have at least a few TV appearances under their belt.

If you're doing an unknown comedians thing, do it right. An article on any of the above as "unknown comedians" would just put me off reading it really.

I wouldn't put them as unknown no but they aren't the most well known comedians either. I would do special posts for them not in the unknown comedian section. Like I said earlier I'm planning to do a Stanhope post buts that's mainly because I'm going to see one of his gigs

Not sure if it's just suggestions about lesser known comics you want or about your blog too. If it's both then here's mine: too much swearing.
I got as far as you saying you swear a lot to offend people because it's fun as
some people are easily offended. Personally, I'm not offended by the swearing just, fairly quickly, bored with it.
It just seems (to me) that people who do this are trying too hard to look 'angry' and (again this is just me) but you're a young bloke and it always seems a bit forced when young people are 'angry'... what have you got to be angry about?
I accept, totally, that this may seem like me being an old bloke but there's something not quite right (again to me) about the angry/ranting/swearing approach from someone as young as yourself. It just seems more natural to hear that from someone who has actually lived long enough to have something to be angry about.